What's this doing in the bike lane?

Share your pics, videos, streets, stories of what you find in the bike lane of the non-bike variety that has an impact on your ride and/or your safety. I've decided to keep it a little more open ended - cars, snow, buses, garbage, cabs, etc. If they shouldn't be in the bike lane, go ahead and add it to this thread. Please be safe if you are taking pics or video! :-)

My hope is that we can collectively build some evidence of what we see when riding in the city with the overall hope of better enforcement of "bikes only" and improving maintenance.

Update: More Hashtags to Capture Vehicles in the Bike Lane

With popular hashtags:
#BikeLaneShaming

#LaneSpreading (Chicago Bike Selling)

#ClearTheWay (ActiveTrans), there are many options to capture violations.

We think you should use ALL of them AND post your photos on The Chainlink. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by mike w. on May 16, 2017 at 3:13am

Yeah, there is always a risk of the company not giving a sweet f*ck-all...

That's about the reaction i'd expect from Flood Bros.

Still worth a try in many circumstances.

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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on May 16, 2017 at 1:53am

1850 W. Roosevelt Rd - 05/16/2017 @7:35am (still there at 7:50am) - the white van in front of this vehicle is a PACE transport.

IL G56 4251

311 report filed.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on May 16, 2017 at 10:48am

125 S. Franklin St. 311 reports filed. I will simply never understand why taxis and rideshare drivers don't pull to the curb.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 16, 2017 at 10:53am

I suspect it's a holdover from the days before there were lots of bike lanes. Without the bike lane, their nose remains in/near traffic, making it easier to pull out. That it doesn't help when a bike lane is present seems not to have occurred to them.

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Permalink Reply by BikeScnhook on May 16, 2017 at 10:57am

Also, probably easier for the passenger to get out. Coming out of a low-to-the-ground car and having to step directly on the curb = not easy.

(Doesn't mean it irks me any less though!)

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Permalink Reply by V W on May 17, 2017 at 9:34am

This morning at about 835 I see this guy on a motorscooter riding in the bike lane down washington street for a good distance.

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Permalink Reply by Ben R. on May 17, 2017 at 10:18am

I always try to go to the original latin in these situations... Bi-Cycle... so - checks out.

But, joking aside, there's some people with pure pedal powered bikes, some with electric assist and battery power, some with the old chain-saw-motor type pedal+gas assisted bikes, some pedi-cabs with 3 wheels even. I guess as long as they're clearly not a car (or a big legitimate motorcycle /or an ariel atom for that matter... ) and if the driver's being reasonably polite I try to go with it - especially if its a vehicle that couldn't/shouldn't go on the freeway. Polite goes a long way.